“Reverse
engineering and design of natural and synthetic biological systems”

20 February

Darwin's Birthday PartyHervé Philippe and Detlev Arendt

“A
comparative approach to reconstructing the famous Urbilateria: body plan and
nervous system” AND “Reconstructing Urbilateria at the expense of extant
bilaterians: methodological and philosophical concerns”

13 February

John Marshall (Imperial)Host: Lazaros Foukas

“If
Mother Teresa was a genetic engineer: From golden rice to GM mosquitoes for
malaria control”